That was actually working well for them until Trump came along and began building the wall...and it is going to get fully built, especially if he gets four more years.
I think he recognizes the need to overhaul immigration...and he is just the person to do it, IMO.
“I think he recognizes the need to overhaul immigration...and he is just the person to do it, IMO.”
The current immigration fiasco started when LBJ heard from his political advisors, shortly after his massive 1964 landslide, that he would be the last Democrat President (barring big mistakes by the Republicans) was based upon the fact that since 1948 the Democrats have failed to win a majority of the white vote, and by the 1964 election that not only hadn’t changed, but it was accelerating away from the Dems. So that’s how we got the 1965 Immigration Act (that, and large Dem majorities in both Houses) that literally turned the quota system on its head - we went from admitting 90% from Europe and 10% from the Turd World to the exact opposite, overnight. That LBJ thing was, btw, part of what Ben Wattenberg (one of LBJ’s press people, and was present at the meeting) mentioned in a PBS documentary that he did about 35 or so years ago about the Democrats. The bill was written by RFK (then the AG) and proposed by Ted Kennedy in the Senate - they clearly were dreaming of a family dynasty and, shameless politicians that they were, used sympathy for their brother’s murder for their perceived self-interest.
Yeah, Trump is the person to do it - the ONLY person to do it. He is the furthest thing from a politician that we’ll ever see in the WH - he is a very intelligent, very creative, extremely hard-working, goal-driven businessman who, being a New Yorker’s New Yorker, doesn’t let what others think or say deter him from getting things done; unlike a politician, he measures success by results that you can see, touch or measure...not by polls or the desire to be liked.
“I think he recognizes the need to overhaul immigration...and he is just the person to do it, IMO.”